Beijing
Patent
Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
Mr. Jian Qin is a patent attorney in China. He joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2006 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2008. He specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, and client counseling with a focus on pharmaceutical and material science etc. He has also provided services of patent retrieval and infringement analysis. Meanwhile, he has filed some patent applications in countries outside of China, such as USA.
Mr. Qin received a Master degree of Applied Chemistry from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2006. He also studied European intellectual property law in the Summer School on IP in Europe in the University of Strasbourg in 2014.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,Image Processing,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. QU joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2012. Ms. QU provides many clients with intellectual property-related services such as patent drafting, patent prosecution, patent analysis, patent evaluation and screening, and patent invalidation, with a focus on telecommunication, electronics, computer science, Internet, semiconductor, image processing, etc.
Ms. QU obtained a master's degree in signal and information processing from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2013.
Ms. QU participated in the fifth annual U.S. Patent Law and Practice Seminar organized by Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C, Minnesota in 2017.
Representative cases:
- 2020-2023, in several patent licensing negotiations and related disputes between a foreign giant company and certain giant domestic and foreign giant companies for each time, representing the foreign giant company to process patent relevance analysis and validity analysis;
- 2018-2019, in a series of patent infringement and invalidation cases between Samsung Electronics V. Huawei, representing Samsung Electronics to process patent screening and validity analysis.
Representative Publications:
- “Let’s Talk About Patent Open License System”, WeChat Official Account of Liu Shen & Associates, April 2023；
- “Future of IP - China: The impact of AI on ‘persons skilled in the art’ ”, Managing IP, June 2021；
- “Brief Introduction to Application of Doctrine of Estoppel in China”, Asia IP, February 2016；
- “How to apply provisional patent rights protection in China for foreign enterprises”, Japanese Edition of IAM-media, September 2015.
Representative Speech:
- Title, “Measures for Accelerating Examination in China”, special activities of “Intellectual Property Publicity Week”, April 2022, Chengdu.
Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Vehicle Engineering,Material Science,Semiconductor
Chinese,English,Japanese
Mr.Qu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2013 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2015. He specializes in patent application and patent examination with a focus on mechanical，material processing，semiconductor and automobile.
Mr.Qu had a bachelor's degree fromDalianUniversityof Technology in 2013, with one-year exchange student courses in Fukuoka Institute of Technology inJapan.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent
Material Science,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Qu joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2005. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination, patent invalidation and IP litigation with a focus on semiconductor material, semiconductor device, display, etc.
Ms. Qu got her qualification as a patent attorney in 2007 and as an attorney at law in 2013. She handles a number of cases relating to patent examination and reexamination, and has participated in several patent lawsuits relating to patent invalidation and administrative lawsuit.
Ms.Qu had a bachelor’s degree from Beijing Normal University (BNU) in 2002 and had a master's degree from Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in 2005. She participated in July summer course in Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI) in 2013.
Ms. Qu has been awarded Best Patent Attorney in 2015 and 2021 by client.
Representative Publications:
- “Understanding the confidentiality examination provisions for patent application to foreign countries from the perspective of cases,” IPLEAD, November 2023;
- “Trade secret and Patent Protection in China”, Asia IP Informed Analysis, July 2016.
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Patent
Mechanical Engineering,Material Science
Chinese,English,German
Ms. Ren started her career in fields of Intellectual Properties since 2013 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2014. Since 2015, she joined Liu, Shen & Associates as a patent attorney and now serves for the patent application affairs of major clients from Germany.
Ms. Ren has got her doctor’s degree from University of Hanover, Germany, in 2004. Before joining this firm, she once worked as a research scientist in the research group of Hardwares and Materials in Siemens Corporate Technology, located in Beijing, for more than 6 years, and actively participated in many projects for developing SMART technology and products.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Beijing
Trademark
Chinese,English,Japanese
Ms. Shang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2016. She specializes in trademark application, recordal of assignment and name/address change, review on rejection, opposition, non-use cancellation action, invalidation action, etc.
Ms. Shang graduated from Shandong University in 2015 and obtained her Bachelor’s Degrees both in Japanese and international economics and trade.
- Fuji Kogyo Co.,Ltd. v. Weihai Dicai Fishing Gear Co. Ltd. Representing Fuji Kogyo Co.，Ltd. file an invalidation petition against the mark filed by Weihai Dicai Fishing Gear Co. Ltd. with bad faith, collecting evidences to show the word “GUIDES” in the mark is used as product name by other business operators and lack of significance.
- Representing BRIDGESTONE CORPORATIONR winning several trademark oppositions based on prior trademark and prior copyright.
- Representing GS YUASA CORPORATION winning several trademark oppositions and invalidation petitions based on prior trademarks and bad faith.
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
Beijing
Patent
Medical Devices,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Life Science,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
Education:
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences：Master degree in Life Science
Chongqing University：Bachelor degree in Bioengineering
Ms. Shi joined Liu Shen & Associates in 2021 and is mainly engaged in intellectual property-related litigation and non-litigation business, ordinary civil and commercial business, including patent disputes, copyright litigation, trade secret infringement disputes, intellectual property consulting, intellectual property related contract disputes, corporate legal counseling projects, etc.
- Participate in the daily legal counsel project of a large pharmaceutical group as a team leader.
- Participate in the special legal services of the international import drug introduction project of a large pharmaceutical group as a team leader.
- Participate in the special legal services of the innovative drug research and development project of a pharmaceutical group and the innovative drug cooperation project between the group and the R&D institution.
- Participate in mergers and acquisitions of a pharmaceutical company: conduct legal due diligence, write due diligence reports, and draft cooperation agreements.
- Represent a series of copyright infringement dispute cases in Pinduoduo App, and at the same time provide legal advice for customers to protect their rights through other means.
- Represente a high-tech enterprise in Beijing in a series of cases of infringement of computer software copyright and won the first and second instances, helping the customer to successfully defend his rights and obtain compensation.
- Represent enterprises in various industries in other civil and commercial litigation and arbitration cases involving various contract disputes.
All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA)
Beijing
Patent
Organic Chemistry,Bio & Pharmaceutical,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
Mr. SUN joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2008 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2012. He focuses on fine chemistry, polymer chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and organic chemistry.
Mr. SUN had a bachelor's degree from Jilin University in 2001, worked in organic synthesis from 2001 to 2005, and had a master's degree from Capital Normal University in 2008.
Beijing
Patent
Material Science,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English,German
Dandan Wang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in July 2013 as a patent engineer, and she passed the patent attorney qualification examination in 2015. From joining Liu Shen, she has been dealing with patent prosecution such as drafting new applications, responding to office actions and reexaminations in the areas of chemical technology, material and electrochemistry, water treatment, superconducting and magnetic materials, and biochemistry.
Dandan Wang got her Bachelor's Degree and her Master's Degree in Chemistry from University Leipzig (German) in 2007 and in 2012 respectively. From November 2011 to December 2012, she was a research assistant in Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig. From January to May in 2013, she was a research associate in University Leipzig, Department of Super Conductivity and Magnetism.
Beijing
Patent
Material Science,Polymer,Chemical Engineering
Chinese,English
Ms. Wang joined Liu, Shen & Associates in 2007 and became a qualified patent attorney in 2009. She specializes in patent prosecution, re-examination and client counseling with a focus on polymeric materials, photoelectric materials and devices (including liquid crystal display, organic light emitting diode, electrochromic device, batteries, and the like), fine chemicals and chemical engineering. Ms. Wang has handled more than 700 new applications and more than 1000 Office Actions up to the end of 2015.
Ms. Wang got a master's degree in Materials Science and Engineering from Tsinghua University in 2007.
All-China Patent Agents Association (ACPAA)
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Semiconductor
Chinese,English
Ms. Wang joined Liu, Shen in April 10, 2017. She specializes in patent drafting, re-examination and counseling on patent issues, Invalid litigation related preparations and other intellectual property related services in the fields of Mechatronic engineering, Telecommunication, and Computer technology, Semiconductor technology, etc.
Ms. Wang received her Master's degrees from The University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) with a major on mechanical engineering in 2014.
Chengdu
Patent
Telecommunication,Computer Science,Internet Technology,E-commerce,Artificial Intelligence,Big Data Processing,Electronics Engineering,Image Processing
Chinese,English
Ms. Wang joined in Liu, Shen since 2017. Ms. Wang provides intellectual property related services such as patent prosecution, litigation, patent analysis, patent search, patent navigation, patent monetization, legal counseling, intellectual property strategy and so on for several clients. Ms. Wang is dedicated to providing a wide range of high-quality intellectual property services for clients. Ms. Wang handles intellectual property affairs in the field of Electronics & Computer Science, Internet Technology, Signal and Information processing, Image Processing, Big Data, and Automation, etc.
Ms. Wang was admitted as a patent attorney in 2017 and admitted as a Chinese lawyer in 2020.
Ms. Wang received her Master's and bachelor's degrees both from University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Minneapolis, MN, USA, with a major in Computer Engineering. Before joining Liu, Shen, Ms. Wang worked as a patent examiner in computer application field during 2015-2017.
Patent Analysis consultation
- A series of SEP infringement analysis in the telecommunication area, in a series of SEP and Non-SEP patent infringement litigations, between a Chinese mobile device manufacturer v. a multinational mobile device manufacturer.
II. Patent Invalidation
- National Air-conditioner Company vs. National Air-conditioner Company (2017-2018), patent invalidation, researching patents for invalidation cases.
III. Patent Research
- Patent pool analysis for smart home for an international hardware company
- Patent pool analysis for artificial intelligence for an international software company
Published Articles include
- The current situation for patents of Hadoop technology, Electronics World, 2018, Volume 4 (February), in Chinese
